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. 2020 Aug 5;15(8):e0236569. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236569

Table 2. Pre- and postoperative biomarker concentrations.

Biomarker Preoperative Postoperative
YKL-40 (number) 413 413
    Median (min.–max.) (ng/ml) 74 (20–1504) 87 (20–744)
    Elevated (>age-corrected 95th percentile), n (%) 57 (13.8) 78 (18.9)
IL-6 (number) 413 413
    Median (min.–max.) (pg/ml) 3.4 (0.3–33.5) 5.1 (0.6–80.7)
    Elevated (>4.95 pg/ml), n (%) 142 (34.4) 214 (51.8)
CRP (number) 429 434
    Median (min.–max.) (mg/l) <5 (<5–149) <5 (<5–153)
    Elevated (>5 mg/l), n (%) 86 (20.0) 129 (29.7)
CEA (number) 440 440
    Median (min.–max.) (μg/l) 5.2 (0.5–853) 2.5 (0.5–294)
    Elevated (>5 μg/l), n (%) 221 (50.2) 74 (16.8)
CA19-9 (number) 437 436
    Median (min.–max.) (kU/l) 13 (<2–11 310) 9 (<2–33 800)
    Elevated (>37 kU/l), n (%) 99 (22.7) 43 (9.9)